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  On May 3, 2024, the worldwide United Methodist Church apologized to survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  'many survivors of clergy sexual abuse have never received an apology or any acknowledgement of the harm they suffered.

  but at the may 3, 2024, meeting of the general conference of the worldwide united methodist church in charlotte, north carolina, the following resolution of apology to all survivors and their families was approved.. .

  “the united methodist church apologizes for the times we allowed our desire to protect the church to outweigh our desire to care for victims and survivors of sexual misconduct.

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  Vidiot

  “Spank my bottom line! Spank it!!!”
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  LEAKED 2024 USA SERVICE REPORT

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/lov1gsxj4tg?si=ze-fdc8yswirahwx.

  this is a mini report on usa that includes an update on ramapo as it was delivered during the british bethel inauguration few days ago....

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  Vidiot

  Once again, folks…

  …take any numbers the Org puts out with a Gibraltar-sized grain of salt.
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  Overlapping Generation

  by pandorasbox1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the september 2015 broadcast had david splane explain matthew 24:34 “truly, i say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”.

  his explanation of this scripture was by means of a chart to indicate an overlapping generation.. .

  no scripture was used to show the overlapping generation concept, and as a result it makes no sense.. to illustrate how crazy this concept is, look at the lyrics of the song my generation.. my generation.

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  Vidiot

  TonusOH - “…And also idiots, because it's just that stupid of an idea.”

  In telling you guys, there’s folks in the Writing Dept. who are trolling the leadership, just to see how far they can go.

  😁
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  Overlapping Generation

  by pandorasbox1914 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  the september 2015 broadcast had david splane explain matthew 24:34 “truly, i say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place”.

  his explanation of this scripture was by means of a chart to indicate an overlapping generation.. .

  no scripture was used to show the overlapping generation concept, and as a result it makes no sense.. to illustrate how crazy this concept is, look at the lyrics of the song my generation.. my generation.

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  Vidiot

  Notty - “…Will the memorial become an annual event wherein the JW congregations of the world get to watch a livestream of the GB partaking?”

  Know what’s really funny?

  The way things are going, that doesn’t even sound all that weird.

  😏
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  LEAKED 2024 USA SERVICE REPORT

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/lov1gsxj4tg?si=ze-fdc8yswirahwx.

  this is a mini report on usa that includes an update on ramapo as it was delivered during the british bethel inauguration few days ago....

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  Vidiot

  Or better yet…

  …the grassroots gave the Org so many number-fudged lemons…

  …that the Org had to make tick-boxed lemonade.

  😏
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  LEAKED 2024 USA SERVICE REPORT

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/lov1gsxj4tg?si=ze-fdc8yswirahwx.

  this is a mini report on usa that includes an update on ramapo as it was delivered during the british bethel inauguration few days ago....

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  Vidiot

  “Massaged”…

  …and the “happy ending”…

  …was no more counting time.

  😏
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  LEAKED 2024 USA SERVICE REPORT

  by raymond frantz in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  https://youtu.be/lov1gsxj4tg?si=ze-fdc8yswirahwx.

  this is a mini report on usa that includes an update on ramapo as it was delivered during the british bethel inauguration few days ago....

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  Vidiot

  If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
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  On May 3, 2024, the worldwide United Methodist Church apologized to survivors of clergy sexual abuse.

  by was a new boy in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  'many survivors of clergy sexual abuse have never received an apology or any acknowledgement of the harm they suffered.

  but at the may 3, 2024, meeting of the general conference of the worldwide united methodist church in charlotte, north carolina, the following resolution of apology to all survivors and their families was approved.. .

  “the united methodist church apologizes for the times we allowed our desire to protect the church to outweigh our desire to care for victims and survivors of sexual misconduct.

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  Vidiot

  Beth - “…When it comes to to legal issues or $$$…

  At this point, the line between the two is permanently fuzzy.

  😏

  Something else…
  

  …loss of charity-status-slash-tax-exemption will be almost impossible to spin as “persecution” and have anyone with half a brain take it seriously…

  …because the Bible explicitly commands (“True”) Christians to “pay back Caesar’s things to Caesar”… and the context that command is given in doesn’t leave a whole lot of room for creative interpretation.

  Only the most Koolaid-dependent would say “bottoms up” (actually, even with them, I have doubts)…

  …and frankly, anyone that far gone is, IMO, a lost cause.
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  What is is your favorite REDICULOUS JW falsehood? :)

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i get a few good laughs from the ex-jw facebook site: " ex jw humor will set you free".. i was laughing over dinner with 3rd gen over this post tonight: "question for the audience: i was driving around today and it hit me...there are big falsehoods (armageddon etc.

  ) that we were told, but also ridiculous falsehoods.

  what is your favorite ridiculous falsehoods?

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  Vidiot

  Diogenesister -

  “… JW adult: 😶 [crickets]…”

  I have a minor revision to the script, if you don’t have any objections…

  JW adult: 😶 [crickets], then angrily: “Go to your room!” (translation, embarassed: “You made me feel stupid!”)
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  What is is your favorite REDICULOUS JW falsehood? :)

  by Balaamsass2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i get a few good laughs from the ex-jw facebook site: " ex jw humor will set you free".. i was laughing over dinner with 3rd gen over this post tonight: "question for the audience: i was driving around today and it hit me...there are big falsehoods (armageddon etc.

  ) that we were told, but also ridiculous falsehoods.

  what is your favorite ridiculous falsehoods?

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  Vidiot

  re. Diogenesister’s post…

  Ugh, jeezus… “perfection”…

  …perfection was my carrot.

  As a kid, I always felt super-embarrassed whenever I got something wrong or made a mistake (especially if it resulted in mocking or scorn), and the JW grownups in my life would always say “we all make mistakes, we’re imperfect” (emphasis mine), so I naturally grew up thinking that “perfection” (i.e. the opposite of imperfection, obv) meant never getting anything wrong or making mistakes, and therefore never having to feel embarrassed again…

  …or, really, never having anyone be able to mock or criticize me and make me feel bad anymore (and also, be smart and really good-looking, because I thought those things would keep me from feeling bad, too).

  This, plus a handful of other reasons, basically (mis)led me to grow up thinking that I was somehow more “imperfect” than the majority of other people (seriously), which in turn made me quietly desperate to be “perfect” some day…

  …i.e. my carrot.

  This idea lasted well into my 20s, until three things happened…

  …first, the shocking realization that in the adult world (the one that actually counts), the vast majority on people are not the sociopathic assholes I’d had to go to school with for the previous decade-or-so, and therefore, not looking for every available opportunity to pounce on my “flaws”, broadcast them to the world, and make me feel like hammered shit over and over again…

  …second, my father explaining to me that the “perfection” promised in the New System was actually “spiritual” perfection (whatever that meant), as opposed to being, for all intents and purposes, Superman (this was a very dismaying moment at the time, needless to say, because how the fuck was that supposed to help me not feel bad?)…

  …and third, a semi-related conversation with a fellow I’d known a while, wherein he happened to mention how he happened to view “perfection” (hint: not like me)…

  …all of which, together, led me to the gobsmacking conclusion that “perfection” (whatever it was) was so subjective that, for all intents and purposes…

  …there was no such thing.

  Once I got over that shock, I (surprisingly, at the time) actually felt better… or at least, relieved, because I no longer felt burdened with hoping and wishing for something that simply didn’t exist.

  (Note: there were other things that helped, too, but that’s another story.)